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Application filed November 15, 1820, Serial No. 424,197. Renewed March 28, 1928.

'My invention relates; to glass forming machines, particularly of the type in which the molds are arranged in an annular series or arias of groups on a mold carriage rotatable about avertical axis. The main features of novelty relate to the construction and arrangement of the molds in groups, each adapted to receive a plurality of moldcharges at a.time, the several forming operations being performed COIICIIITGIIV 1y on the charges in each group.

\ An objectof the invention is to. provide an improved construction and arrangement wherein the several molds or mold cavities of each group are arranged circumferentially or one in advance of another in the same path of rotation, while-permitting the molds to be placed in close 'proximity.- In machines at present in general use each mold comprises horizontally separable sections meeting in a vertical plane radial to the mold carriage, so that the molds are 0 ened by separating the mold sections lateral y, re- 7 uiring considerable space between successive molds. This precludes a close arrangement of the mold cavities in groups, or an arrangement of a plurality of mold cavities f circumferentially of the mold carriage in a single "mold. The present invention provides a novel construction of the molds and operating mechanism, permitting such a, grouping and arrangement of the moldcavities. The invention further provides a novel construction by which the several articles formed in the group of molds may be discharged successivelyas they reach the same discharging position. The invention further provides a. novel form of neck mold and means for actuatin it and for locking it in its 0 enand close positions.

()t er features and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter. V In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a machine constructed in accordance .with the principles of my invention,-

Fi ure 1 is a sectional elevation of the machine.

, Figure 2 is a section showing a group of finishing Figure 5 is'a part sectional plan view of a air ofblank molds. I igure 6 is a plan view of a pair of finishin molds.

Figures 7, 8 and 9 are diagrammatic plan views of a pair of finishing molds, showing .the same at different steps in the opening movements. Figure 7 shows a section of one mold open, the blown article being supported in the other section. Figure 8 shows the first mold fully opened and one section of the second mold opened. Figure 9 shows both molds of the pair fully opened and the mold bottoms'tilted to discharge the blown articles. a

Figure 10 is a fra mentary sectional elevation showing a finis ing mold bottom held up by one of the mold sections.

Figure 11 is a part sectional showing a mold opening device. a

Figure 12 is a rear view of the blank molds and operating means therefor.

Fi ire 13 is a plan view of a pair of neck mol s and the transfer head.

Figure 14 is apart sectional view of a blank mold and neck mold. i

Figure 15 is a section at the line XV-XV on Figure 13. v

The present a plication discloses certain subject-matter o invention also disclosed in my co-pending application Serial Number 424,198, filed November 15, 1920, Glass forming{ apparatus.

eferring particularly to Figure 1, I have elevation shown my invention in connection with a machine similar in construction to that disclosed in the patent to Joseph B. Graham, 1,405,204, January 31, 1922. This machine comprises a central -stationary column 20 mounted on a base 21. The mold carriage comprises lower and upper mold tables or spiders 22 and 23 on which are mounted res ctively the finishing molds 24 and blank mo ds 25. The mold carriage is rotated continuously bya motor 26 connected to the carriage through a. train of gears including an annular gear 27 fixed to the lower mold table. Air for blowing the chargesof glass to form the finished articles, is supplied through a distributing head or drum 28 and connections (not shown) which may be substantially the same as disclosed in the Graham patent hereinbefore mentioned,

The machine comprises a number of units or heads arranged at equal intervals around the axis on the machine and each comprising a group of moldsiinclud ing blank molds 25, neck molds in register with the blank molds, and finishing molds 24. Each unit also comprises a transfer head 32'carrying the neck molds and which is rotatable about a horizontal axis to swing the parisons downward from the blank molds into position to be enclosed by the finishing molds. Referring articularly to Figure 6, which shows the nishing molds 24 of one group, each mold of the pair here shown comprises an outer section a and an inner section b hinged to swing about a pivot 33, said pivots being in or near the circumferential path of travel of the mold centers. In other words, the pivots 33 are so positioned that the vertical plane in which the mold sections meet is about perpendicular to the radius of the mold carriage at the mold center. i

The finishing molds are opened. and closed by means of a stationary cam 34 having a cam groove 35 in which runs a-roll 36011 a slide block 37 mounted to reciprogcate toward and from the axis of the car- ;riage' in a guideway 38. The slide block is provided with a laterally extendingarm 39 connected through a. link 40fto a pivot pin 42 to which are also connected links 43 and 44. The link 43 is connected to an arm 45 integral with the outer 'mold section a.-

The link 44 is connected to a lug 46 onthe inner mold section b. A second slide block 37 has similar operating connections with the second mold. The slide blocks and their connections with the two molds are symmetrically arranged. As the molds advance and the foremost cam roll 36 enters the in clined portion 47 of the cam groove, the slide 37 is drawn radially inward. During the initial portion of this inward 'movementthe outer section a: of the forward mold is swung outward until arrested by a stop 48. Itwill be noted that during this opening movement of the section a the link 44 swings idly, the

' pull of the link 40 ion the pivot 42 being in ure 6. as

a direction tendin to hold the mold section b in its closed pos tion. After the section a is arrested, the continued movement of the slide 38 operates through the link connections to swing the mold section b inward a short distance'to the position shown in Fig- A bottom plate 49 mounted to tilt about a horizontal pivot 50 (see Fig. 3) isheld up by the finishing mold while the latter is closed. When the mold' section a swings open, the bottom plate is still held bythe section 6' until the latter is swung inward as above described, thereby releasing the bottom plate and permitting it to tilt by gravity and discharge the bottle 52 or otherv article which hasfbeen blownin' the mold.

v pframe ,comprising a. .yokej64, rods 'After the advanced mold has opened and discharged its bottle, the slide 37 of the following mold is operated by the cam sec tion 47 to open its mold in the same manner, namely, by first swingingthe outer section a outward to the dotted line position (Fig. 7

along which the cam roll 36 runs after the outerv mold section is opened, and an incllned portion 55 which operates the inner mold section b to release the mold bottom.

With this arrangement the mold bottom can be held up while traveling through any desired distance after the mold section is opened, depending on the length of the dwell portion 540i the cam. Figure 7 shows the advanced mold opened but with the mold bottom held up by the inner mold section. (Figure 8 shows both molds open and the first mold bottom tilted. Figure 9 shows the two molds open and both mold bottoms in tilted position. After thebottles have been discharged the mold bottoms are lifted by a stationary'cam 56 engaging rolls 57 on the mold bottoms, thereby permitting the molds to close and hold said bottoms until again brought around to discharging position.

- The blank molds 25, as shown in Figure 5, are opened and closedlby mechanism similar in construction and operation to that of Figure 6. Inthis case, however, a singleslide- 58 is employed to actuate the molds. Said slide comprises a yoke 59 connected to the links 40. As the slide 58 is drawn inward'by its earn, it operates 'through the linkage to swing the outer mold sections 0 simultaneously to open position and then to swing the inner mold sections it inward, thereby releasing the neck molds 5 30 so that they are free to rotate with the transfer head 32 and swing the parisonsdownward into the open finishing molds. The slide 58 is actuated by a stationary cam 60-having and a transverse bar 66 connecting said rods and carrying'a cam roll 67 The yoke 64 is provided with arms 68 and 69 carrying pins 70 to engage lugs 72 projecting from the neck mold sections. When the transfer head 32 has been inverted to swing the parisons downward into the finishing molds, the cam roll 67 engages a cam 73 (Fig. l) and actuates the frame comprising the yoke 64, causing the pins 70 to engage the lugs 72 and open the neck molds. The roll 67 is then released by passing beyond the cam so that the yoke 64 is thrown inward to. the Figure 4 position by means of a spring 74 (see Fig. 15 This causes detents 75 carried on the yo e to bear against the openmold sections, thereby holding the neck molds in'ope'n position. The neck molds remain open until positively closed by the blank mold, which, as shown in-Figure 14, is so shaped that the closing movement of the blank mold causes it to engage and close the neck mold. The neck molds are locked in closed position by the detents 75 which under the influence of the spring 74 are held in notches 76 in the mold sections.

The transfer head 32 is rotated about a horizontal axis by means of a rack 80 running in mesh with a pinion on a shaft 81.

The rack is reciprocated by astationary cam 82. Plungers 83 (Fig. 2) serve to form initial blow openings in the glass blanks '84. The two charges or gobs of glass are preferably simultaneousl the pairof molds '25.

introduced into aid gobs may be supplied by an automatic feeder. After the charges are dropped in themolds, a blowing head 85 ('Fig. 1) is moved downward onto the molds and air pressure supplied to compact the glass in the blank molds and neck molds and around the plunger tips. The plungers are withdrawn by means of a piston motor 86, (Fig. 2), permitting the blanks to be partially blown in the blank molds, after which the blank molds open in the manner heretofore described. leaving the bare blanks projecting upward from and supported in the neck molds. The head32 is then rotated, thereby swinging the blanks downward. into the ,open blow molds which are then closed, permitting the final blowing operation.

Modifications may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a rotary mold carriage and groups of molds thereon, each group arranged with one mold in advance of the other in their direction of travel, said molds comprising horizontally separable sections, the meeting faces of the molds in a group, when closed, all being in the same plane, said plane being substantially tangent to the path of travel of the mold centers, and autoin succession.

2. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a rotary-mold carriage and groups of molds thereon, each group arranged with one mold in advance of the other in .their direction of travel, said molds comprising horizontally separable sections, the meeting faces of the molds in a group, when closed, all being in the same plane, said plane being substantially tangent to the path of travel of the mold centers, and means to open the molds of a group successively as-they reach the same discharging position.

3. In a lass forming machine, the combination of a rotary mold carriage, a mold thereon comprising inner and outer sections, means to swing the outer section outward away from the axis of the mold. carriage, leaving an article supported by the inner section, and means to later operate the inner section to releasesaid article and permit its discharge.

4. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a mold comprising separablebottom the article formed in the mold, and

means to then withdraw the other mold 'sec- .tion and release said mold bottom, permitting it to move to a discharging position.

6. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a mold comprising horizontally separable sections, a tiltable mold bottom held in position by said sections, means to withdraw one mold section leaving the article formed in the mold supported on the mold bottom, and means to withdraw the other mold section and thereby release the mold bottom and permit it to tilt and discharge said article.

7. In a bination o a rotating carriage, a mold carried thereby comprising separable sections and a mold bottom normally heldin position by the mold sections, a cam, and means actuatedby the cam to withdraw one mold section at a predetermined point in the travel of the mold, leaving anarticle formed in the. mold sup orted on the mold bottom and to later with raw the other mold section.

8. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a rotating carriage, a mold carried thereby comprising separable sections and a mold bottom normally held in posiglass forming machine, the combination of a rotary mo tion by the mold sections, a cam, means actuated by the cam to withdraw one mold section at a predetermined point in the I travel of the mold, leaving an article formed in the mold sup orted on the mold bottom and to later wlt draw the other mold section,vsaid bottom being mounted to tilt and discharge said article when the mold sections have been withdrawn, and a cam operableto return the mold bottom.

9. In a glass forming machine, thegcombination of a mold carrlageya air of molds mountedthereon adjacent eac other, said molds each comprising separable sections movable in a direction transverse to the travel of the molds for opening and closing the molds, means operable automatically asthe molds advance, to move the outer section of the advance mold outward to release an article formed in-- the mold, and

means to movethe outer mold" section of the followingmold outward and release the article formed in the last mentioned mold,

said movements being timed to cause the release of the articles at the same position.

10. In a glass )forming machine, the combination of a mold carriage, a pair of'molds mounted thereon adjacent each other, said molds each comprising separable sections .30 movable in adirection transverse to the travel of the molds for opening and closing the molds, means operable automatically as the molds advance,to move the outer section of the advance mold outward to reli lease an article formed in'the mold, means to move the outer mold section of the fol-. lowing mold outward and release the article formed inthe last mentioned mold, ,and'means to cause the dischar e, of sa d 40 articlesseparately after their re case, said movements 'and' the operations of the dischar ing meansfibeing timed to cause the artic esto be discharged at the same posh v tion','said moldoperatmg means comprising a stationary cam and operating connections between the cam and the mold sections.

1. 11. Ina glass forming. machine, the com-' bination of a rotary mold carriage, a pair of finishing molds supported thereon side by side, one in advance of the other in the direction of their travel'with the'carriage, means to blow articles to finished formin said molds, each of said molds comprising; sections movable in a direction transverse to that. of thei-rmovement with the carria e toopen and close the molds, and a sing e 1 arranged one in advance of the other in their direction of. travel and finishing molds arranged one in advance of the other in their direction of travel, a transfer device operable to simultaneously transfer the blanks from the blank molds to the finishing molds, and automatic means to discharge the finished articles one at atime at the same discharging'point.

13. In a glass formin machine, the combination of a rotaryzmo d carria e, ;a group of molds thereon comprising b ank molds arran ed one in advance of the other in the direction of, their travel and finishin molds arranged below the blank molds an one in advance of the other in their. direction of I travel, the faces of all the molds in the group, when, closed being in the same Plane, a transfer head between the blank molds and the finishing molds, neck molds'on said head in register with the blank molds,

means to open and close the molds, means to rotate said head and thereby carry the bare blanks supported in. the neck molds downward, means to close the finishing molds around the blanks, and means to suc-' cessively open the finishing molds .as they.

reach the same discharging position.

. 14. 'In'a glass forming machine, a mold comprising separable sections formed with looking surfaces brought into alignment by the closing of the mold, a reclprocating frame, a locking detentthereon arranged to engage said surfaces and lock the mold in closed osition when the frame is moved in one. irection, and means carried by said frame to open the mold when the frame .is moved in the opposite direction.

15. In a glass forming machine, a mold comprising a pair of hingd sections, lugs projecting laterally from said sections, an opening and closing device for the mold comprisin a yoke, means thereon for engaging said lugs and separatin the mold sections when the yoke is move in one direction, and a locking detent carried-b the yoke and operable to engage the mol sections and lock the mold in closed osition when the yoke is moved in the ot er direction, the mold sections being formed with locking surfaces to cooperate with said detent.

16. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a plurality of molds, each comprising sections movaole to and from each other for opening and closing the mold, and a single actuating device for opening the molds and for locking them in closed position, said device comprising means-to engage the mold sections and swing them to open position when the device is moved in one direction, said device comprising locking members to engage and lock the molds in closed position when said device is moved in the reverse direction.

'17. In 'a glass forming machine, the combination of a series of groups of finishing molds, each group comprising separate molds, each mold having separable hinged sections, the molds arranged with their openin edges in juxtaposition.

18. n a glass forming machine, the comhinged sections, the molds of each group being arranged with their opening edges in juxtaposition.

20. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a rotary mold carriage, a group of blank molds thereon, a complementary group of finishing molds thereon cooperating with the blank molds and spaced vertically therefrom, a single transfer member between said groups, and means controlled by the movement of the carriage and automatically operating periodically to simultaneously transfer parisons from all the said blank molds to the finishing molds without interrupting the movement of the mold carriage.

21. The combination of a group of inverted blank molds open at their upper ends to receive charges of molten glass, a group of neck molds in -register with the lower ends of the inverted blank molds, a group of finishing molds beneath the neck molds, a singletransfer member on which said neck molds are supported, automatic means to rotate said member while the parisons are supported in the neck molds and thereby swing the neck molds downward and into register with the finishing molds and transfer the parisons from the blank molds to the finishing molds, a piston motor carried by said member, and neck pins connected to the motor piston and movable thereby into and out of the neck molds.

22. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a body mold having separable sections mounted to swing about a common axis and a neck mold in register with the body mold and having separable sections mounted to swing about an axisparallel with said first mentioned axis,-the meeting faces of the body mold sections being in a plane substantially perpendicular to-" the meeting faces of the neck mold sections.

23. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a mold carriage rotatable about a vertical axis, a grou of molds thereon, each comprising separa le sections, the meeting faces of all of said sections being in the same plane substantially tangent to the path of movement of the mold centers, a stationary cam, and operating connections between the cam and the molds for separately opening the molds one after the other.

24. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a rotary mold carriage, a series of groups of blank molds thereon, a series of complementary groups of finishing molds thereon cooperating with the respective groups of blank molds and spaced vertically from the blank molds, and a single trans-- fer member between and common to each cooperating group of blank and finishing molds controlled by the movement of the carriage and automatically operating periodically to simultaneously move all the parisons from one group of blank molds to the cooperating group of finishing molds, without interrupting the movement of the mold carriage.

Si ned at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and tate of Ohio, this 10th day of November, 1920.

LEONARD D. SOUBIER. 

